Quarantine - Day 3

Abigail gets word on her internship.

DAY 3: I get on the road around 7AM and head north to retrieve Abbie. My folks are thinking they will get on the road tomorrow as they quickly try to wrap things up in Florida and head to Indiana. My brother and sister-in-law are planning on leaving the Space Coast and heading back to St. Charles, Missouri as well. It has now become evident to me after tossing and turning and being unable to get to sleep for a while the night prior that we are likely not going back to school this year. The John’s Hopkins Interactive Map suggests that the US is adding in excess of 1,000 cases per day and it looks as if stricter quarantine efforts may not only be necessary but on the horizon. Traffic is light getting out of town and I drive straight through with no stops 400 miles to St. Olaf where Abbie has the contents of her room already carried down to the entrance of her dorm. Our load out is done quickly and we stop for some Culver’s and also a stop at Target to pick up her prescription. Target is busy and some shelves are getting sparse (toilet paper and cleaning supplies). Laura wants Coconut Milk, but there is none to be found. We head back south while she debriefs me on her abbreviated year. On the trip back she gets word that she has been accepted as a finalist for her summer internship in LA, which is anticipated to move forward. She is really excited for the opportunity. South of Rochester at the on-ramp of I-90 off of 52, we see four semi rigs being searched by five or six state troopers. I wonder if this is somehow connected to the border closing with Canada which had just been announced. There are 9,250 cases in the US and 288 cases in Illinois.